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Monday, July 10, 2017

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Residents in Claiborne County, Tennesse are upset because Powell Valley Electric Cooperative sprayed herbicides under power lines that killed their plants, trees, and gardens and poisoned the soil on their property- and all without warning. RELATED ARTICLE: HuffPo: Tests Show Cancer-Linked Herbicide

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By Dr. Mercola Each year, an estimated 1 million Americans get sepsis and up to half of them die as a result. Sepsis is a progressive disease process initiated by an aggressive, dysfunctional immune response to an infection in the bloodstream, which is why it’s sometimes referred to as blood poisoning. While illnesses such as bronchitis, pneumonia,

Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017 ...and safe. Questions were asked about why the CIA & FBI had to ask the DNC 13 times for their SERVER, and were rejected, still don't.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017 The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't-but a ceasefire can,& did! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2017 *Reuters: **Trump ...more »

Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017 So that was Trump's unbelievable announcement yesterday. Which as we know received an incredulous response from the media and an angry backlash from many Democratic and Republican lawmakers. So then in response Trump tweeted this out later in the evening. The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't-but a ceasefire can,& did! — Do...more »

*Mr. TRUMP, BUILD -THAT-WALL* At the G-20 Summit, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto sat near President Trump as President Trump announced to the world that the wall would (still) be built and Mexico would (still) pay for it. The smug, elite, nasty, lying mainstream media that only discusses why the American President should be either assassinated or impeached, countered with facts that cross-border illegal immigration if off by 70% under the Trump Administration. They contend that a wall along the Mexican Border is no longer necessary, if indeed it ever was. Yes, the liberal tea...more »

Is this the end of the petrodollar? Yes. Qatar has already switched sides to the Russia-China-Iran axis. Now Saudi Arabia is doing the same. It implies that America’s Middle East hegemony is over. It also implies that USA has only 1 last card to play to ignite a Greater Middle East war: Zionist ‘666’ Israel, […]

*Wallace C. Gregson* *Security, Asia* America must be willing to work toward deploying its nuclear capability to the Korean Peninsula. North Korea really is the land of lousy options. Since 1993, when—thanks to their declaration—we first became aware of North Korea’s emerging nuclear capability, we’ve discussed possible military action, we’ve done negotiations in many different formats, we’ve had agreements (e.g. Agreed Framework), North Korea cheated on the agreements, and we’ve applied sanctions repeatedly that are always advertised as “effective this time.” North Korea’s emer...more »

*because it's making you stupid.* Is there beginning to be a backlash against smart phones? Possibly. I popped over the Costco yesterday to grab some milk and a six pack of Moleskine notebooks and had an interesting discussion with one of my former Costco co-workers who is assistant manager of the store. He was interested in the fact that I was buying those notebooks and wanted to know if I was one of those "pen and paper" kind of people. "Well, yes. I never met a scrap of paper, notebook, or pen I didn't feel an urgent need to add to my life." He then questioned me about differ...more »

*New York Times*: *Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton* President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it. The meeting was also attended by the president’s campaign chairman at the time, Paul J. Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Mr. Manafort and Mr. Kushner recently discl...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:20 P.M.) – The Turkish military attacked – with heavy artillery – a Kurdish city in northern Syria only a few days after Russia and the United States agreed on a ceasefire in the country’s south. Local activists reported heavy artillery shelling fired by the Turkish military positioned along the Syrian borders, which […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 P.M.) – No less than twelve hours ago the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allied pro-government militias, after weeks of military build-up, undertook a titanic trans-provincial offensive in the western Syrian Badia. Since then the SAA and its allies have liberated twenty key sites represented by towns and hilltops over a breathtaking […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – A London high court has ruled that the British regime’s multi-billion dollar arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is lawful and will not be blocked. Members of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) attempted to have a London high court block the sale of British-manufactured bombs, warplanes, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:05 P.M.) – Over 200 families will be returning to the Al-Wa’er District of Homs City after spending two months in Turkish-occupied Jarabulus. According to a government source, many of the families that will return to Homs City complained about the conditions in the Turkish-sponsored camps of Jarabulus. Some of the rebels […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – With the successful capture of most of the strategic high-ground overlooking the northern sector of the al-Hayl gas field (which remains under ISIS-control) yesterday, pro-government forces led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) are now in the process of clearing the last unaccounted for sections of the aforementioned energy complex. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Cholera, a bacterial disease spread by water contaminated with human waste, causes potentially fatal dehydration if left untreated. It has been expanding at an alarming rate in Yemen for the past month, from a few thousand cases to roughly 70,000. Most areas of the country are affected by the epidemic. The epidemic has spread so […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3: 40 P.M.) – Rebel fighters affiliated with the Free Syrian Army repelled a massive attack launched by the Islamic State on the western countryside of Daraa. Khaled Ibn al-Walid Army, an ultraconservative Islamic group affiliated with the Islamic group, has been assaulting the rebel-held Heit village for two weeks but without making […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Video footage has been released showing Russian special forces troops operating against ISIS forces from a position somewhere in the vast desert spaces of central Syria. The video clearly shows five camouflaged special forces troopers in an entrenchment. The person who took the footage is most likely special forces themselves, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

For the first time in my life, I could try what it means to pilot a yacht. My friend, the captain, took us to the Lake Lipno, the largest Czech-or-Slovak, 5000-hectare reservoir with a hydroelectric power plant built near the spring of the Moldau River in Southern Bohemia, miles from the Austrian border. *Bedřich Smetana, the Moldau. A decade ago, I tried to exploit the knowledge of which parts of our national river were described in various segments of Smetana's composition. Lipno is seen e.g. at 1:50, 1:58, 2:01. Smetana had predicted the big dams in the second part of the compo...more »

Prime Minister Abadi during his tour of Mosul (Al Sumaria) The much expected victory announcement in Mosul was delayed for another day. That wasn’t apparent at first. State TV claimedthat the city was liberated. The prime minister’s office than released a statement that he was in the city to declare it freed. The premier arrivedin Mosul and did a tour to visit with units from the Iraqi forces (ISF) to congratulate them, and said he was in the “liberated city.” He then returnedto the Ninewa Operations command without making the actual victory speech. A spokesman for the cabinet tol...more »

One aspect of Japanese culture I've come to appreciate over the years is the nuanced use of language to express concern and dissent. I see this nuanced use in the comments made by Japan's Emperor, its media, and most recently by the chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) with respect to Fukushima: Japan’s nuclear safety chief raps Tepco’s attitude on Fukushima No. 1 crisis, restarting other reactors. Kyodo/The Japan Times, July 10, 2017 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/10/national/japans-nuclear-safety-chief-raps-tepcos-attitude-fukushima-no-1-crisis-restartin...more »

In March 2016, researchers in Switzerland and Canada published a meta-analysis in The Lancet, exploring the optimal painkiller and dose for treating pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis. Soon after, the authors were informed of an error that would change “all numbers” in a paper that may influence clinical practice. The authors contacted The Lancet […] The post Lancet retracts (and replaces) paper a year after authors report error that changes “all numbers” appeared first on Retraction Watch.

*There’s a rumour going round that Mosul was taken back from ISIS. At least the Iraqis are claiming they have successfully taken back Mosul. The US was a whole lot quieter about this alleged victory. Why might that be? Might it have something to do with this victory, not, being one truly accepted by the US? Because it doesn’t fit cards they are playing?* *WaPo is reporting, today, that fighting is continuing to clear ISIS out of Mosul* *Iraqi troops fight to clear IS from last patch of Mosul*: *July 10/2017Certainly not a celebratory headline.* *So what is going on? Here’s what I ...more »

Today, The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced a one-day policy orientation with keynote speakers Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on July 17, the day before special session begins at the Capitol.

[image: oregon-s-ultra-liberal-abortion-laws-add-taxpayer-funded-abortions-for-illegals] Oregon already had the nation's most liberal abortion laws, but now state officials have gone beyond their present statutes — adding taxpayer-funded abortions for illegal aliens, among other expansions.

[image: robots-may-take-2-3-of-las-vegas-service-jobs] Two college professors from the University of Redlands, California, predict that over the next two decades 65 percent of the jobs in Las Vegas will be done by robots.

Delighted, George Soros and Alexis Tsipras! By pulling out all the stops to pervert the course of justice and set me up for a lethal penalty here in Greece and getting caught over and over again, and by allowing me to document every step in court and police documents, you have given me enormous credibility. […]

From The Independent Donald Trump’s oldest son Donald Jr and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with a lawyer connected to the Kremlin during the 2016 election campaign after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton, a new report from the New York Times says. Three White House advisers briefed on the meeting, alongside two other sources […]

CFACT policy analyst Larry Bell hails the action by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to seek peer-reviewed investigations of facts and fictions regarding key areas of agreement and dispute on climate policy. Bell notes that Mother Nature is a far bigger player in climate change than is human activity, and that indeed even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits that the climate system is a coupled non-linear chaotic system.

The beetroot has received lots of attention recently as a functional food that promotes good health. Many women and men’s magazines have been touting the benefits of beetroot powder. That caused many of my patients to ask about beetroot powder and its impacts on overall health. What is Beetroot Powder? Beetroot powder is made from […] The post Is Beetroot Powder Good for You? appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson .

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani *Long War Journal:* *Qassem Soleimani boasts of Tehran’s expanded footprint throughout Middle East* On July 3, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Qods Force, spoke at an Iran-Iraq war veterans gathering in his home province of Kerman. Soleimani praised the Islamic Republic’s decades-long effort to take the mantle of the Palestinian cause and boasted that Tehran’s influence in the Middle East has expanded as a result of the Syrian war. He excoriated Saudi Arabia, as well as domestic Iranian cri...more »

*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * There is nothing like it. In the days after North Korea’s inaugural test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, pairs of U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancers based in Guam took off and flew close to the authoritarian state — linking up with South Korean and Japanese fighters along the way. On July 7 and 8, pairs of the 150-foot-long jet bombers — one of America’s most powerful warplanes — carried out the missions, termed “demonstrations” by the Pentagon. The high tempo of bomber flights in the Pacific is not entirely new. Lancers based at Andersen Air ...more »

*Doug Bandow* *Politics, Eurasia* America and Europe need to reach an accommodation with Russia that offers basic stability and security for both sides. The long awaited meeting between America’s and Russia’s presidents finally occurred at the G-20 summit. They got along great, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, connecting “very quickly,” and talked for more than two hours. Even First Lady Melania Trump couldn’t drag her husband away after the first hour. It sounds like another international bromance in the making. Of course, President Trump’s enthusiasm for Chinese presiden...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Moscow might not need it after all. The Russian Navy’s Kamov Ka-52K attack helicopter will complete another round of shipboard tests before the end of 2019. The Russian Ministry of Defense will take delivery of the new aircraft shortly thereafter. “The helicopter trials are planned to be completed before the end of 2019. So, the deliveries to the Defense Ministry will start right after the trials,” Russian Helicopters—a division of Rostec—told the Moscow-based TASS news agency. While the Ka-52K attack helicopter is a capable machine, the aircraft is...more »

Courtesy of the New York Times: *President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it. * *The meeting was also attended by the president’s campaign chairman at the time, Paul J. Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Mr. Manafort and Mr. Kushner recently disclosed the meeting, though not its content, in confidential government docum...more »

Some say up to 1 million people heard Kemalist CHP opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu speak. The post Up to a million Turks march for justice and the western MSM says nothing appeared first on The Duran.

China and Syria are already increasing economic ties while Damascus confirms that China will be given priority in all post-conflict reconstruction. The post BEIJING: China set to help rebuild Syria appeared first on The Duran.

Sergev Lavrov spoke of the need to further coordinate the terms of the ceasefire with the US. The post SYRIA: cautious optimism among locals in regions covered by Russia-US-Jordan ceasefire appeared first on The Duran.

*BBC:* *Battle for Mosul: Iraqi troops clearing last IS militants* Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi went to Mosul on Sunday to congratulate his troops on "liberating" the city, but he stopped short of declaring victory. The militants were said to hold an area about 180m (590ft) long and 45m wide. The battle for Mosul has taken almost nine months, left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE ...more »

Japan Times/AFP-JIJI: *Victory over Islamic State in Mosul seen as big win for Pentagon training plan* WASHINGTON – The Iraqi military’s hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for them. It is also a key win for the U.S. doctrine behind it. Instead of putting large numbers of American boots on the ground, the U.S.-led strategy in Iraq and Syria has been a nonstop air campaign combined with continual training and advising for proxy local forces. Pentagon officials say the outcome is clear — three years after collapsing as flag-wav...more »

By Paul Homewood . Another gem from Katharine in that interview with Yale 360: There have been an enormous amount of flooding events in the Midwest and Northeast. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/aug/25/how-talk-climate-sceptic . Well, what do the experts at the USGS have to say on the matter? In 2012, they published a paper, “Has the magnitude of floods […]

*MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017Part 1—Professor Horwich's post:* For the past year or two, we've been looking for ways to discuss Professor Horwich's essay. The essay first appeared, in March 2013, as a post at the New York Times' Opinionator site. On that occasion, the post was credited to a sub-site called The Stone, the New York Times' site for questions from the world of academic philosophy. We didn't see the professor's post when it first appeared. We saw it perhaps in 2015, when the New York Times got a snootful and published The Stone Reader, a compilation of 133 different posts fro...more »

The American Thinker site has a post which brought up the subject of "inalienable rights of the individual" (but only in terms of "property rights"). This subject comes under the heading of the "philosophy of science", particularly as newly enlightened by my discovery of the Great Design of the "gods". My response, then: *I think it is not about "property" rights, more like "appropriate" rights. There is a widely known old military saying, "Rank has its privileges", which not so many people know has a second part, "because rank has its responsibilities". So the individual has its in...more »

PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170710-zepp-lar.pdf The G20 meeting held in Hamburg, Germany on July 7-8 did not produce anything resembling the kind of policy initiatives required to defeat the deadly crisis facing humanity, and the trans-Atlantic sector in particular. It did not address the global financial crisis, with its $1.5 quadrillion in bankrupt derivatives speculation. It did not discuss implementing a global Glass-Steagall policy, nor a Hamiltonian credit system, which alone can reverse the deadly collapse of the Western physical economies, as Lyndon LaRouche has conclusively ...more »

Stephen Sarre, based at the University of Canberra in Australia, has made a career out of collecting and analyzing poop. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. Part of his work is designed to answer a multi-million dollar question: Is Tasmania home to foxes, a pest that carries rabies and other diseases […] The post Are there foxes in Tasmania? Follow the poop appeared first on Retraction Watch.

*DW:* *Germany starts to withdraw troops from Turkish Incirlik base* Germany has started to withdraw troops from a Turkish air base where they have been supporting international operations against the so-called "Islamic State." This follows a row with Ankara over access to the base. The motion to pull the troops out of Incirlik had been approved by the German parliament in June, after parliamentarians had repeatedly been refused access to the roughly 260 soldiers stationed at the facility. Turkey had denied German lawmakers requests to make what they saw as routine visits to the b...more »

Hey no town halls right now, until we are finished screwing you over. Courtesy of Slate: *House Speaker Paul Ryan won’t hold public town hall meetings because he’s concerned about protesters coming in from outside his district. Ryan, who once seemed to relish overflowing town halls, seemed to make the policy official after holding several closed-door meetings with constituents. * *“I don’t want to have a situation where we just have a screaming fest, a shouting fest, where people are being bused in from out of the district to get on TV because they’re yelling at somebody,” Ryan t...more »

*Henry Cuellar, Trump's most devoted Democratic supporter in Congress* The team of statistician-types over at FiveThirtyEight have put together an essential page called Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump and they keep updating it. The track how often each member of Congress votes with and against Trump. You can look at all the scores at the link just above. But I just want to point out two categories of House members-- those Republicans-- and there aren't many-- who have stood up to Trump in any significant way and the so-called Democrats who we find on the same page with Trump a...more »

From Jenna Orkin Women and young people are hurt the most by internet surveillance — and it's getting worse A tiny detail from North Korea's missile launch points to an even more dangerous threat "It's Too Late" - 7 Signs Australia Can't Avoid Economic Apocalypse Chicago's Terrible New Plan To Force High School Kids Into The Military Who Knew? German Central Bank Has Been Selling Gold For More Than A Decade Hyperreality in the Homeland – Operation Virtual Gladio Mysterious chimpanzee behaviour could be 'sacred rituals' and show that chimps believe in god First bus powered by for...more »

*New Kentucky Law Allows Public Schools To Offer Optional Bible Course* Last Friday, a Kentucky bill signed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin allowing public schools to offer elective classes teaching the Bible went into effect. “The idea that we would not want [a Biblical literacy course] to be an option for people in school, that would be crazy,” said Gov. Bevin at the signing ceremony on June 27. “I don’t know why every state would not embrace this, why we as a nation would not embrace this.” House Bill 128, signed by the governor in the state’s Capitol Rotunda, allows “local s...more »

*Elon Musk. Doom ahead?* As he is the chief prophet of electric cars, I think it is appropriate for me to say something about him here. To begin at the end, I think his bubble will burst quite soon. The key question is how does he fund his activities? As far as I can tell, none of his businesses makes a profit. He is the profitless prophet. So what keeps him afloat? Hope. In his many activities he is seen as THE NEXT BIG THING. He is seen as someone who will soon be a big success. He is seen as someone who will soon start making money hand over fist. And not only that, he...more »

It's been clear since the 2016 campaign that Republicans can't get along with the rest of America because, among other things, we don't even have a set of agreed-upon facts. In our news, Donald Trump and his campaign aides engaged in suspicious pro-Russia activities that helped Trump win, and now a terrible presidency is punctuated by continued acts deferential to Russia. According to right-wing news, Trump ran a brilliant campaign, which has been followed by an extraordinarily successful presidency; on questions of skulduggery, Trump and his team are blameless -- the people likely t...more »

*"Stanford Commencement Speech, 2005"* by Steve Jobs "When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever ...more »

*DW:* *Syrian ceasefire holds as UN peace talks set to start in Geneva* A partial ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia appears to have held in south-western Syria. Government and opposition delegations are set to hold a seventh round of UN-sponsored talks in Geneva. Combat was halted in the three southern provinces covered by the truce - Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida - after the ceasefire started at noon local time, a monitor told the French news agency AFP. "The main fronts in the three provinces between regime forces and opposition factions have seen a cessation of hostilitie...more »

*Reuters*:* Iraq's Abadi to declare Mosul victory, few pockets of resistance* Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was poised to declare victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday as only a few dozen militants put up resistance in the city where their leader declared a caliphate three years ago. Gunfire and explosions could be heard as the U.S.-led coalition pounded the remaining few Islamic State positions. "They won't declare victory until the area is fully secured," said Iraqi army officer Firas Abdel Qassim. The militants were still controlling a small patch, he said. ...more »

*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* Who will win? This July, the U.S. Air Force will be testing turboprop airplanes that look like they came out of World War II, for its OA-X Light Attack competition. Two of the aircraft—the Embraer/Sierra Nevada AT-29B Tucano and the Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine—are old rivals for the flying branch’s favor. Other competitors include the Air Tractor AT-802, a crop duster upgraded with armor and weapons (no, really!), and a sleek-looking privately developed jet, the Textron AirLand Scorpion. Whichever airplane receives higher marks in the trials...more »

*Michael Peck* *Security, Americas* Time to bring back the Q-ships. Through the lens of the submarine’s periscope, the tramp steamer looks like a bathtub toy as it bobs on the waves. But to the German U-boat captain observing his prey from six feet below the surface of the North Atlantic, it’s the perfect victim. A lone merchant ship sailing between New York and Liverpool in the summer of 1916, with no destroyers to escort it. The U-boat skipper briefly considers firing a torpedo at the ship. But why waste a precious tin fish on a helpless rustbucket when his submarine only car...more »

*Michael Peck* *Security, Eurasia* Is this an escalation? Russia has sent an armored vehicle, known as the Terminator 2, to Syria. Russian media reports that a single BMPT-72 has been sent to Syria for testing. It was shown to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last week when he visited the Russian base at Hmeymim. The Terminator 2 is a tank that is designed to protect other tanks, especially in urban areas. It’s built from refurbished hulls from the venerable T-72 main battle tank. But instead of mounting a big 125-millimeter cannon, the BMPT-72 is armed a remarkably diverse suit...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Kim should think carefully. South Korea is assembling a strike force of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, air power and marines to neutralize the North Korean threat. Designed to kill or incapacitate the country’s leadership—particularly Kim Jong-un—in the crisis before war, the so-called Kill Chain and Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation (KMPR) plans are like something out of a military techno-thriller, with hundreds of precision-guided missiles and commandos engaged in a race against time to stop a nuclear attack. What are Kill Chain an...more »

*Alex Pietrowski* - Investigative journalist reports on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medical research. The post Fake Medical Research as Big a Problem as Fake News, Says Former CBS Anchor appeared first on Waking Times.

Andrew Scheer may be the new leader of the Conservative Party; however, Adam Radwanski writes, his party is still Stephen Harper's Party. That's abundantly clear from Scheer's and the party's reaction to the settlement with Omar Khadr: Throughout Mr. Harper’s time in office, a complete lack of sympathy toward the Canadian kid locked up at Guantanamo Bay was a point of pride for Conservatives, to the extent that some of them still boast about their roles in delaying his repatriation. Let the elites point out that he was a 15-year-old, by most definitions a child soldier, at the tim...more »

While President Trump's plans for a border wall to separate the United States from Mexico seems to have taken a backseat to other issues, recent developments show that jurisdictions adjacent to the border region are moving ahead with their own plan to erect a "virtual border wall" that will enable them to screen all entrants into the United States. According to Businesswire, the Southwestern Border Sheriffs' Coalition (SWBSC) has recently expanded its program to assist 31 Sheriffs' Offices along the U.S./Mexican border in their aim to combat criminal activity and provide border secu...more »

*Alex Pietrowski* - What happens to a school and its students when Common Core is abandoned? The post School Ditches Common Core then Soars to #1 in English Language Arts appeared first on Waking Times.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:05 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army has launched wide-scale operations across southeastern Syria, today, targeting the last positions of the US-backed rebels in the Damascus and Al-Sweida governorates. While operations began in Al-Sweida, the Syrian Arab Army quickly followed up this offensive with a major attack in the southeastern part of Damascus, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces on their ‘victory’ against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIL/ISIS), Sunday. The Mosul military operation against IS began October 17 last year, an offensive fronted by the Iraqi army and backed by US-led coalition forces. The militant group had […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army kicked off their second phase of Operation Big Dawn, today, after taking a short hiatus in the Al-Sweida Governorate. Led by the 5th Corps and 5th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies started the offensive with a preliminary attack in the northern part […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – Germany started to withdraw its planes and troops from Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base, Saturday, after a row between Berlin and Ankara spiralled over the right of German politicians to visit soldiers deployed at the site. The German soldiers and planes had been posted at the site to assist in the US-led […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah have begun amassing their troops in the Qalamoun Mountains of western Damascus, as they prepare to launch their third and final offensive in the region. Ahead of this new offensive, the Syrian Air Force (SyAAF) has begun pounding the Jaroud Faleeta and Jaroud Qarah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:05 P.M.) – A ceasefire and de-escalation accord, brokered by Russia, the US and Jordan, came into force in the southwestern part of Syria, Sunday noon local time (09:00 GMT). Footage filmed in Khan Arnabah showed residents responding after the ceasefire deal came into force. The ceasefire is set to extend to Syrian government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:13 P.M.) – An image has emerged from eastern Homs of the arrival of two new BM-27 Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) belonging to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the area of Arak. The MLRS system is most likely being deployed to assist pro-government forces as the terminal phase of the battle […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lauded the ‘courage’ of Turkish people during the failed coup attempt, which took place one year ago, speaking at a World Petroleum Congress awards ceremony in Istanbul, Sunday. “It was on that day when the Turkish people exercised their rights under the Turkish constitution, defended […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack in the northern countryside of the Al-Sweida Governorate, today, targeting Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s positions east of the Khalkhalah Airport. Backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Al-Asfar area of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:35 A.M.) – The drive of pro-government forces in central Homs continues with new gains made and despite a ISIS counter-attack yesterday which pushed troops of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) off the al-Mashirfah hill near the strategic crossroad town of Jubb al-Jarrah. Today the SAA and other allied forces operating under the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Yuval Noah Harari wrote an article in the Guardian a couple of months back entitled ‘The meaning of life in a world without work’. I was intrigued. Harari has gained a great deal of notoriety for his books Sapiens and Homo Deus. They are ambitious books, both in scope and intent. Harari’s subject is nothing less than the entire history and future of humanity. He wants to show us where we have come from, how we got here, and where we are going. He writes in a sweeping, breathless and occasionally grandiose style. As you read, you can’t help but get caught up in the epic sense of sca...more »

Fake news media will do anything to keep the "Russia hacking" story alive. The post 4 key facts that completely debunk the NYT’s latest Russia-Trump Jr. fake news reporting appeared first on The Duran.

The latest Russia fake news: Donald Trump Jr had a meeting with Russian Lawyer with "possible" ties to the Kremlin. The post Reince Priebus squashes Chris Wallace’s inquiry into Trump Jr. 20-minute meeting with a lawyer from Russia (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

37% of Americans strongly support the State Department's travel ban guidelines. The post America is aligned with Trump: 6 in 10 American voters support new travel ban (Poll) appeared first on The Duran.

*Source: Planeta UFO and El Litoral (Argentina)Date: 07.10.2017An article by Francisco Villagrán* *Argentina: A CE-2 in Derqui (1981)* The event took place in a community close to the capital, where the descent of a strange luminous object in a manioc field left the soil burned out and crystalized, burning a few plants as well. An amazing event that caused shock. Tuesday, December 15, 1981 was an important date for ufology in Corrientes due to the fact that two events occurred which were of extreme importance to the study of UFOs and their implications. The first, involving thi...more »

Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand (About the Science of Vaccine Neurotoxicity) A Collection of Recent Journal Articles Solidifying the Connections Between America’s Over-Vaccination Agenda and the Epidemics of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Chronic Autoimmune Disorders Be Gary G. Kohls,...

Courtesy of The Verge: *A Russian phone-customization company debuted its latest creation this week: a new Nokia 3310 with embedded, gold-plated portraits of US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin on the back. The phone is meant to commemorate the two world leaders meeting at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg. * *The middle button on the device features the G-20 Summit logo, while the phone body is made of tempered titanium. The data and location of the summit is also emblazoned across the back. This device is real and costs 149,000 rubles, or $2,500. * *Caviar ...more »

by Roberto Rodriguez The recent exoneration of the Anaheim and Bakersfield, California police officers, respectively, who killed Adalid Flores, who was carrying a cell phone, and 73-year-old Francisco Serna, who was carrying a crucifix, drives home the mantra of “no convictions” that has been made by criminal justice activists. In three recent high-profile trials involving the officers who killed Philando Castile, Terrence Crutcher and Sylville Smith, all officers have walked. For the rest of the column, please go to : http://diverseeducation.com/article/98756/

Another way to look at it is that perhaps are truly bona fide cases. Actual physical evidence, real operational incidents that conform nicely and pretty much ensured diagnosis. When that is not really in place, then we do run the risk of either a false diagnosis or a promoted diagnosis. I do think that real brain damage must be present and if undetectable with brain imaging Why Not? After all we are talking about seriously shocked individuals here whose brains have not healed back to normalcy. And this diagnosis is just too convenient as a catch all for any mental disorder a...more »

This spells it out pretty clearly. The brain is not storing information physically at all or we certainly have little evidence thereof. I have thought as much for many years. however i do think that underlying all this is a Dark Matter processing system that is is natural to every single cell and that naturally flips back and forth through pages in time. The information density is actually insane but still finite. Thus memory storage is irrelevant. We need to properly understand the memory and then link to access it and that is what the brain works on in order to make all thi...more »

If there was ever a proof of directed change, here it is. Blaming this on any form of chance is silly. Particularly now that we understand the central role of the spirit body in each cell as a processor and control system. It even looks like a computer. Until we fully understand the central role of the cellular processor, we will be running blind. This processor is a three dimensional mass of dark matter holding information through 2 D ribbons forming Mobius strips and containing information. It acts by encoding electrons belonging to the molecules. That means that GOD, wh...more »

This is a well told tale that is of a young man seeking his fortune in Egypt and his trials and tribulations. As suggested, many aspects do lead to profitable contemplation and that is its proclaimed purpose for inclusion. Folk live humbly around about the rare palaces of the wealthy and human nature plays itself out. Yet we see no mention of Gods generally except in passing at bast. They are not part of the narrative unlike what we find elsewhere. Some of this is almost modern that way. *CHAPTER SIX * *THE TALE OF HIRAM * *Thute, the son of Pelath, a freeman of Elanmo...more »

*Source: Planeta UFO and Veraz Informa (Baja California, Mexico)Date: 07.09.2017* *Mexico: UFO Over Tijuana* A video uploaded by Camus Galindo shows one of the "lights" falling from the sky before subsequently stopping. Shortly after, a second light appeared and both remained static, changing position a few seconds later before disappearing. A reader identifying herself only as Adriana shared a picture of the lights taken around Altabrisa in Otay when they were static. Here is the video uploaded by Camus so you can judge for yourselves. *VIDEO AT*: *https://www.facebook.com/ca...more »

By Anne Dachel Tracy Christensen is a director of special education in North Dakota, but she's like everyone everywhere when it comes to the explosion in special needs kids. She's dealing with more and more disabled kids, but she's not...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:25 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has achieved a major tactical and operational breakthrough in the eastern Damascus suburb on Ayn Tarma. Here today, the SAA engaged both the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist group and the Faylaq al-Rahman Islamist faciton, crushing them and then complementing this with a successful advance […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:37 A.M.) – It has been a devastating night for ISIS forces stationed in and around the strategic city of Deir Ez-Zor with both the Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) and the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) carrying out a tireless number of sorties that targeted the terrorist group’s positions and bases. The identification, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*Published on March 31, 2016* 2016 Badlands Night Sky Workshops Join me this summer in the Badlands of SD and learn how to shoot stills and timelapse at night. http://dakotalapse.com/2016/01/2016-b... Field Of View is a compilation of timelapse I have shot in the last year. The first shot of the sunset supercell was done on July 23, 2015. That storm dropped multiple Tornadoes in eastern South Dakota, I was shooting it from central SD. I shot timelapse of that same storm for almost 4 hours into the night. Other locations in the sequences are Aurora in central, western South Dakota...more »

'After the Metropolitan Police Service refused to answer questions from Campaign Against Antisemitism about the pro-pro-Hizballah "Al Quds Day" march, their flimsy attempt to hide their record from scrutiny has been laid bare. The Metropolitan Police Service apparently does not consider allowing hundreds of supporters of terrorist group Hizballah to parade through our capital to be in any way prejudicial to "national security", but it was for "national security" reasons that the police force declined to answer questions from Campaign Against Antisemitism. We began work to try to ...more »

Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry There is an opportunity to steer the proposed red team exercise in a useful direction. The first step is to frame the problem to be addressed. The climate red team continues to be discussed in the media and by scientists, a few examples: Leading climate scientist: debate…

Earlier today we ran a post about Hillary's promise/threat-- depending on your point of view-- to campaign for Democratic candidates next year in the districts she won. She did relatively well in the suborn collar counties around Philly-- although her coattails were... nonexistent and all three Republican districts are still represented by Republicans. Of the 3, Hillary did best in the ridiculously gerrymandered PA-07, Pat Meehan's district (formerly Joe Sestak's district). In 2008 Obama beat McCain there 53% to 46% but 4 years later it was Romney's win-- 50-49%, less than 7,000 v...more »

After 1,379 Days, NYTimes Corrects Bogus Claim Iran ‘Sponsored’ 9/11 by ADAM JOHNSON, http://fair.org/ In its reporting on a dubious lawsuit alleging Iranian meta-involvement in 9/11, the New York Times badly misunderstood the case and maintained for more than three years, in the paper of record, that the government of Iran “sponsored” the September 11, 2001, attacks. The belated […]

Published on Jul 7, 2017 In a recent opinion article entitled, “Goodbye Nonpartisan Journalism. And good riddance,” Politico asserts that our media is becoming more and more partisan thanks to our new President. The article also asserts this is a good thing. The Resident breaks it down. end

Published on Mar 6, 2017 In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City. Eran Efrati spent years as a sergeant and combat soldier in the Israeli military, but has since become an outspoken critic of the occupation of Palestine and […]

Who is in charge of the Beast ‘666’ Network? In charge of the Global Surveillance Militarized-Police State? No Such Agency! – The NSA Is Still Spying On All Americans … by George Washington, http://www.zerohedge.com/ The man who designed the NSA’s electronic intelligence gathering system (Bill Binney) sent us an affidavit which he signed on the Fourth of July explaining that the […]

Published on Jul 8, 2017 If you were still getting your head around the concept of the mysterious Planet Nine potentially tracing its elusive orbit somewhere around the fringe of the Solar System, try this on for size. A team of astronomers has performed new calculations on the data that originally gave rise to the […]

The End Of The Cycle: “The Government Will Gladly Enter A War To Cleanse The Balance Sheet And Cull The Herd” by Jeremiah Johnson, July 7th, 2017, SHTFplan.com In the days following the 241st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the country is in an even more precarious position than it was in 1776. We face a […]

Published on Jul 8, 2017 Poland’s first lady never snubbed President Trump on Thursday, but you’d think otherwise based on the U.S. press’ sloppy and overeager coverage, especially Chris Cillizza, the twitter twit. end

Published on Jul 8, 2017 http://www.stevequayle.com/ Steve Quayle talks about the newly elected President of France, Emmanuel Macron who posed in front of Illuminati eye proclaiming he will govern France like Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods. Steve Quayle believes this is coming from a non-human entity possessing him. ** end

Published on Jul 7, 2017 Josh Sigurdson sits down with author and economic analyst John Sneisen to talk about the ramped up efforts by India towards a centrally planned cashless system following their past moves towards eliminating 86% of cash and coin in circulation. – India has already desecrated (free) black markets, shoved countless individuals […]

*The Hill: **Trump pressed Putin over election interference for 40 minutes: report* President Trump pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his state's alleged interference in last year's presidential election for about 40 minutes during their more than two-hour meeting, The New York Times reported Saturday. The talks became heated between the two world leaders at times, a senior White House official who was briefed on the closed door meeting by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the newspaper. Putin at one point reportedly called on Trump to provide evidence to support t...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 A.M.) – New photos have emerged showing the Islamic State purging the Taliban amid a bid to expel the latter group from the eastern Nangarhar province. In late May, the Islamic State announced it had killed 115 Taliban fighters in the year of 2017 alone. This death toll has likely moved closer […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*Reuters:* *Two senior Republican senators criticize Tillerson comments on Russia* Two senior Republican U.S. senators criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday for saying that Russia may have the "right approach" on Syria and for what they called his lack of focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. "His statements about Syria really disturb me. No, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not have it right when it comes to Syria," Senator Lindsey Graham said. In separate television interviews, Graham and Senator John McCain, prominent Republican foreign policy voices, took...more »

*New York Times*:* Tillerson Says Russia Must Restore Ukraine Territory, or Sanctions Stay* KIEV, Ukraine — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson assured Ukraine’s leader on Sunday that the United States would not lift economic sanctions against Russia until it “reverses the actions” that prompted them and restores the country’s “territorial integrity,” appearing to set the same high bar for sanctions relief that the Obama administration did. Mr. Tillerson’s strongly worded statement, issued at a news conference in Kiev alongside President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, seemed to i...more »

Pictured: Afghan and Western Special Forces in Helmand Province Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. A former SAS soldier has admitted to The Mail on Sunday that illegal killings were 'an unwritten rule of our job' but strongly defended the regiment's actions *Daily Mail*: *The truth about SAS shoot-to-kill night raids, by the hero of 200 secret ops: Soldier breaks ranks to defend elite unit from witch-hunt but says illegal killings were ‘unwritten rule of our job’* * A former SAS soldier has admitted to The Mail on Sunday that illegal killings were 'an unwritten rule of our job' but ...more »

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